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• Priority Deadline Dates (Federal Aid)
• Priority Deadline Dates (Scholarship/Tuition Waiver applications)
• Deadlines for Appeals
• Deadlines for Extension to 150% Rule requests
• Verification Information
• Cost of Attendance
• Admissions requirements for Financial Aid Students
• Financial Aid Refund Checks
• Freshman First-Time Borrowers (30 day delayed disbursement)
• Important Notice for Pell Grant Students
• Award Information Form (2007-2008)

Priority Deadline Dates (Federal Aid)

Priority Deadline Dates (Academic Tuition Waiver applications)

Deadlines for Appeals

Appeals are due by 1st Thursday of each month. If your appeal is NOT turned in by the 1st Thursday, (all other documentation MUST be attached, i.e. college transcripts, documentation of situation, etc…) your appeal will NOT be submitted to the committee that month. The Appeals Committee will meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month.

Deadlines for Extension to 150% Rule requests

Extension to 150% hour limit requests are also due by 1st Thursday of each month. The Extension Committee will meet on the last Friday of each month.

Verification Information

If your application is selected for review in a process called verification, BPCC must compare information from your application with signed copies of federal tax returns for the student, and/or parents/step-parents/spouses as well as other income information. The law says we have the right and responsibility to require this information before awarding federal aid.

If there are differences between your application and verification documents, corrections may be required. Our office will submit the corrections to the Central Processor, electronically. You will be notified of a change in your EFC by a corrected SAR sent from the processor. You should receive a BPCC award letter stating your new award about a week after your file has been verified and your aid package has been processed.

You must submit all documentation requested by the BPCC Financial Aid Office. Incomplete forms will be returned to student.

Verification for Pell-eligible students must be completed no later than 90 days after student's last date of attendance at BPCC or August 31, 2007, whichever is earlier. Verification for LEAP, SEOG, and Stafford and PLUS loan students must be completed 10 days prior to student's last day of attendance for a semester.

Your aid will not be processed if verification is not completed.

Cost of Attendance

Approximate cost of attendance can be found on the current Award Information form (2007-2008).

Admissions Requirements for Financial Aid Students

• Provisionally admitted students ARE NOT eligible for federal financial aid. If your Admissions file is incomplete,(i.e. missing documents such as immunization records, transcripts, etc...) you are considered a provisional student. You must have a complete Admissions file in order to receive federal financial aid.
• You must have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to receive federal financial aid.
  

Financial Aid Refund Checks

• This applies only to students whose financial aid has been processed by the BPCC Financial Aid Office and who have received BPCC Financial Aid Award Letters:
  
  
• Financial Aid refund checks will be mailed to students, who have met the above criteria, WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN ADVANCE, and are due a refund. We will begin mailing these refund checks 10 days before the first day of class.

Financial aid checks will be mailed to the billing address listed on the student's record, as reported to the Admission/Registrar's Office.

Students must ensure that their billing address information is correct in the Admissions/registrar's Office. This includes student loan checks if his/her lender has received the MPN and has transmitted loan funds to BPCC.

****Students may not pick up these checks.****

Freshman First-Time Borrowers (30 day delayed disbursement)

Student loan funds for first-time borrowers with fewer than 30 credit hours earned will not be mailed to students until after the 30th day of the semester. Federal regulations require these students to be subjected to a 30-day delayed disbursement on the first disbursement of their loans.

Important Notice for Pell Grant Students:

Pell Grants paid for advanced registered students will be based on the number of advanced registered hours. Pell Grants paid during registration and late registration will be based on the number of hours enrolled during registration and late registration. Pell Grants paid after registration and late registration will be based on the number of hours the student is attending at the time Pell is paid.

YOU WILL OWE MONEY IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR FINANCIAL AID REFUND CHECK AND THEN DROP CLASSES DURING SCHEDULE CHANGE PERIOD:

Students who drop or add classes on or before the official schedule change date published in the Academic Bulletin, will have their Pell Grants adjusted to reflect the correct enrolled hours. If the student has already received a Pell refund and drops a class (or classes) on or before the official schedule change date, the Pell adjustment to reflect the class(es) dropped will result in the student being over-awarded. The student will have to REPAY any over-award. If you have received your Pell refund, or your Account Summary (on CAVS) indicates that a refund check has been generated for you, please DO NOT DROP classes on or during official schedule change UNTIL you first speak with a Financial Aid staff member to determine how this will affect your financial aid award.

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